"Describes some of the benefits fire has afforded, including the ability to cook food, make pottery and metals, and invent the steam and internal combustion engines."--Publisher.

Edward and his cousin Judy visit a firehouse and learn about the work of fire fighters, especially when they participate in a fire drill.

Rhyming text introduces the equipment and work of a team of fire fighters as they battle a blaze caused by a spark from a train.

Describes how to react safely if your clothes are on fire, by stopping, dropping to the ground or floor, and rolling to put out the fire.

This Topical Fire Research Report is in response to a legislative inquiry concerning the number of wildfires that are started each year in Colorado from the escape of agricultural and prescribed fires. For the purpose of this report, the term 'escape' is used to describe an agricultural controlled burn or a prescribed fire that spread beyond the control lines and became a 'hostile' fire.